Astonished Daily: A Conversation with Mary Cappello

Hoover Daily Report | October 7, 2026

Hoover Daily Report | October 8, 2026

A quip about Hitler made Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy enemies. A subway-platform truce made them friends for life

Hoover Daily Report | October 6, 2026

But We Had Music: Nick Cave Reads an Animated Poem about How to Be More Alive

From the Great Sphinx’s Raw Materials, a New Crocodile Species Surfaces

Why We’re Suing the L.A. Metro

Human Vision Has Quirks That AI Can’t Match

Neanderthals Were Adept Woodworkers Too

Two teams map development of mammal embryos, cell by cell

Hoover Daily Report | October 5, 2026

Hoover Daily Report | October 2, 2026

Against Brute Force: D.H. Lawrence on the Superpower of Vulnerability

Can Nerd Camp Be Saved?

Is Germany’s Firewall Collapsing?

My New Lawfare Article on Why "The President Doesn't Have Unlimited Power to Impose Import Bans"

From the perspective of a career academic, the discourse in large parts of literary Substack appears worryingly thin and poorly informed

Trump’s Great Oil Heist

How An Accidental Virus Release Triggered 1977’s “Russian Flu”

Coral Reef-Like Rock Layers on Mars Reveal Ancient Climate Secrets